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Schools, 1937

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High School Frolic Annual Festivity Held

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1937 · page 9

With merry abandon, the scholars of Gosford High School enjoyed to the full the freedom and gaiety of their annual Frolic on Friday. The…

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Alternative School Site

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1937 · page 9

"Parent" writes: Did the Gosford P. and C. Association overlook the splendid building block between the Court House and the Royal Hotel,…

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High School Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1937 · page 14

This week the practical tests for the Intermediate in woodwork and metalwork were held. For woodwork the candidates were provided…

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Primary School Deputation Satisfactory Is Report of President

Man on the Land · Tuesday 19 October 1937 · page 6

At Thursday night's meeting of Gosford Primary School P. and C. Association, Mr. N. G. Howes, the President, reported at length on the…

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Helping the Show Teachers Will Assist

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 8

Evidences that residents of the district will give more support to the Gosford District A. and C. Association's forthcoming two days'…

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Gosford High School Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 13

Approaching public examinations have brought with them a chain of activity. These examinations are supervised by a group of ladies and…

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Combined Sports 20 Schools Join on Nov. 12

Man on the Land · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 3

Combined Primary Schools' sports meeting will be held on Friday, November 12. This will be the inaugural meeting and it is anticipated…

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School Concert Nets £30

Man on the Land · Tuesday 26 October 1937 · page 6

Mr. G. A. Walpole, headmaster of Gosford Primary School, advises that the recent school concert resulted in a clear gain of £30.—a…

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High School Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 28 October 1937 · page 14

The school is very busily engaged in preparing for examinations. The secretary for the public examinations is Mr. D. Mortimer, and the…

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Y.M.I. Holds First Banquet Enthusiasm at Training School

Man on the Land · Tuesday 2 November 1937 · page 4

Gosford Training School entertained 150 guests, including members, at the first annual dinner of the Young Men's Institute. Many prominent visitors from Gosford were present, and officials of the Child Welfare Department. There was a…

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Children's Sports, November 12 All Public Schools Combining

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 November 1937 · page 2

Greatest sports day in the district history will be Friday, November 12, when between 1200 and 1500 children from the various primary schools will take part in combined sports on Waterside Park, beginning at 10.30 a.m. and concluding at…

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School Repairs

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 November 1937 · page 9

Repairs have been outhorised to the headmaster's home at Ourimbah. Damage has been caused by white ants. The action to be taken is the…

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High School Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 November 1937 · page 6

Attention of many children in the State last week was directed toward the Primary Final Examination, the result of which gives them an…

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Gosford Primary School Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 4 November 1937 · page 13

The important day of the year for the sixth class pupils of Gosford Primary School was the Primary Final Examination. There…

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Combined Schools' Sports

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 11 November 1937 · page 6

Fourteen hundred primary school children from twenty district schools will take part to-morrow in the first great combined schools' sports on Waterside Park. Scholars will take part from the…

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100 Per Cent. Somersby School

Man on the Land · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 4

In the recent examination for entrance to the Gosford High School, Somersby Public School (Mr. D. A. Prentice), gained 100 per cent. pass…

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High School Notes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 10

Pass papers for the Leaving Certificate, with their chain of problems, are now complete. Now the more ambitious candidates are…

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O.S.U. To Give Prizes At High School Speech Day

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 6

At the last O.S.U. committee meeting the secretary was instructed to procure the usual cups and prizes for presentation at the High School…

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Up To High School From Gosford Primary

Man on the Land · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 3

As a result of the Primary Final Examination, held on 27th October the following pupils of Gosford Primary School will be admitted to…

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Y.M.I. Holds First Dance Reflects Credit On School

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1937 · page 5

Main hall at the Gosford Training-School, the meeting place of the Young Men's Institute, was a real ball-room when the Institute held…

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